Telecom New Zealand Selects and Deploys Recruitsoft to Manage Enterprise Staffing

Solutions successfully implemented to enhance processes for all types of workers across the company to find quality candidates fast while increasing productivity and reducing costs

San Francisco, CA and Sydney, Australia – March 18, 2004 – Recruitsoft, Inc., the leading provider of staffing management services and solutions, today announced Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited, the leading provider of a full range of Internet, data, voice, mobile and fixed line calling services across New Zealand and Australia, recently implemented Recruitsoft solutions to manage recruitment across its New Zealand business.

Trisha McEwan, Telecom Group General Manager, Human Resources, stated, “ As the leading provider of telecommunications in New Zealand, we recognize that it is our people who continue to keep Telecom at the forefront for our customers and our investors.” She added, “We selected and implemented Recruitsoft for its advanced staffing management products and services to help ensure that ‘talented people’ remain a competitive differentiator for Telecom.”

Recruitsoft Asia-Pacific Managing Director Paul Callandar stated, “We are excited to bring Telecom solutions that will deliver long-term value including staffing expertise and processes that will work to ensure that talent remains a competitive differentiator across Telecom New Zealand.” He added, “Our solutions can be collectively or individually applied to multiple business processes, business cycles, geographic regions, hiring types and staffing models and are proven to enhance organizational value.”

The Recruitsoft Enterprise Staffing Management SuiteTM is at work for approximately 370,000 users in more than 80 countries and includes Recruitsoft Professional™, Recruitsoft Hourly™, Recruitsoft Workforce OnDemandTM, Recruitsoft Agency™, Recruitsoft Workforce Mobility™, Recruitsoft Regulatory & Diversity™ and Recruitsoft Campus™. The company’s solutions can be collectively or individually applied to multiple business processes, business cycles, geographic regions, hiring types and staffing models.

About Telecom

Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited through the Telecom Group of companies provides a full range of Internet, data, voice, mobile and fixed line calling services to customers in New Zealand and Australia. More information can be found at www.telecom.co.nz

About Recruitsoft

Recruitsoft, with headquarters in San Francisco, CA, delivers a comprehensive suite of solutions to manage complete enterprise staffing, including permanent and contingent hires: professional, hourly, agency, campus, centralized, decentralized and multinational. Through the Recruitsoft Enterprise Staffing Management Suite, the company’s solutions provide organizations the ability to manage both permanent employees and non-permanent workers, whether contingent, temporary or service contractors, on one common platform. Recruitsoft solutions optimize the flow of talent throughout large organizations such as Blockbuster, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Dow Chemical, Fortis Inc., The Gillette Company, HP, Honeywell, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, KPMG, Mutual of Omaha, P & G, PepsiAmericas, Pitney Bowes Inc., Starbucks Corporation, SUEZ, Telecom New Zealand, Thomson, Toyota, UnitedHealth Group, Wachovia, Washington Mutual, among many others. Recruitsoft has received a number of accolades, including the industry’s leading staffing solutions according to the HR.com 2003 Buyers Guide.

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